Panel Discussion | Identity | Many Selves, One Body, Unapologetically Everything
Tirsdag 6. mai klokken 18:00 - 20:00
Mashti Community, Oslo
This is a panel discussion for those living with an expansive soul, shaped by many cultures and driven by a desire to express.
We’ll explore:
- The intersection of queerness and multicultural backgrounds
- What we call home
- How we can create new homes beyond physical spaces, family heritage and nationality labels
Through a BIPOC lens, we’ll dive into how gendered expectations around femininity and masculinity can both liberate and constrain us, especially when filtered through the layered experiences of migration, diaspora, and systemic inequality.
We’ll ask:
- Who gets to define queerness, and how do we reclaim that power for ourselves?
This is a space for self-reflection and radical honesty, for queer people who want to go deeper into the beautiful mess of identity without needing to simplify or explain. We’re bringing our contradictions, our ancestral wisdom, our fluidity, and holding space for all of it.
Come be unapologetically everything, with us.
About the host
Ioana is currently pursuing a master’s degree in neuroscience, with research focused on bi+ mental health. She takes pride in embracing the complexities of her identity and has found a supportive community that sees and accepts her as she is. Through this panel, Ioana hopes to expand that circle, inviting others who long to be seen and are just as willing to truly see her.
Our Guests
Perosh Qader (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist, event curator, and queer cultural entrepreneur based in Oslo. Through his platform BAD HABITS, he creates immersive club experiences rooted in queer pleasure, radical love, and self-expression.
Perosh’s work explores identity beyond binaries, drawing on personal experience as a queer, brown femme navigating visibility, softness, and power. His aesthetic is unapologetically bold – merging vulnerability with resistance – and invites others to feel, transform, and express freely. Whether on stage, behind the scenes, or in community spaces, Perosh is dedicated to shaping spaces where queerness isn’t just accepted – it’s celebrated and centered.
Manuela is a queer Latina lesbian with a multicultural background, now rooted in Oslo. Building queer community is at the center of how she moves through the world, it’s not just something she does, it’s who she is. She founded Oslo Queer Street Basketball as a way to create low-threshold, affirming spaces where queer and trans folks can show up as themselves, move together, and simply exist. Her life has been shaped by friendships, collective care, and the belief that joy and softness are forms of resistance. She is always seeking ways to nurture belonging, for herself and the people she cares about.
Please note: This discussion will be audio recorded for publishing on our podcast.
Mashti Community • Borggata 1, 0650 Oslo, Oslo, Norge
